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“Ted Lasso” has always hit close to home for KC-area fans, but Lawrence viewers shouldn’t be surprised if they even recognized the chain-smoking cat lady and the sneaky grocery store employee from the Season 4 premiere.
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A retelling of “Eurydice,” a farcical love story drawing from Italian commedia dell’arte, “The Spongebob Musical” and ballet will all take the stage for the 2026-27 KU Theatre & Dance season.
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KU Theatre is set to open a play about the anti-gay hate crime that took the life of 21-year-old Matthew Shepard in 1998 in Wyoming. For the director, the story feels less like distant history and more like something Lawrence could experience.
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KU’s Departments of Theatre and Dance have announced a 2025 season balancing the zero-gravity trailblazing of astronomers and astronauts with more grounded narratives of grief and belonging.
”SWEAT,” an upcoming KU Theatre production, will narrate conflicts amid community-building in the American working class.
The University Theatre’s upcoming production of “Milking Christmas” will tap into a dark side of the holiday season. It’s a satirical show with cheerful musical numbers for all ages.
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KU Theatre will open its season with a provocative play that aims to “combat age-old constructs of exhaustion and repression through a diverse array of modern feministic and queer viewpoints.”
KU Theatre & Dance will collaborate with the School of Music to present “Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street” this spring, one highlight of a packed 2023-24 season.
Diego Rivera-Rodriguez thinks back to 2019 when he first witnessed the KU theatre and dance department’s iconic season opener tradition. He had no idea that he would graduate four years later as the recipient of the award tied to that 65-year tradition, he said.
Those who attend the KU Department of Theatre & Dance spring season opener will experience a one-of-a-kind performance.
